An interest rate adjusted for inflation or inflation expectations, depending on the measure used.
How it works
Real yield measures return after inflation. It may be calculated from nominal yield minus an inflation measure or observed from inflation-linked securities; those approaches are not identical.
Example
A 4% nominal yield with 2.5% realised inflation gives an approximate 1.5% ex-post real yield before tax.
Limitations
Inflation measures, time horizons, taxes, liquidity premiums, and indexation lags matter. A quoted inflation-linked yield is not the investor’s guaranteed purchasing-power return.
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